Ink Review #2715: Pilot Iroshizuku To-ro

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Pilot recently came out with three new Iroshizuku inks, including To-ro. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers, my sample came from Vanness Pens.

The color:

To-ro is right in-between yellow and orange. I think it’s just a tiny bit more orange than yellow.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks way more orange than it does on the Col-o-ring swab.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm, as well as on cheap copy paper.

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: medium shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had feathering in all nib sizes and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

To-ro is just a little bit lighter than Pennonia Wasp. Click here to see the orange inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Lamy Safari Mango with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a wet flow.

Overall, this is a wonderful ink, which is not surprising because it’s a Pilot ink and I love Pilot inks. I liked the sample so much I went to Vanness Pens and bought a full bottle.

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